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50 sats \ 1 reply \ @mateusdeap 12 Mar \ parent \ on: Taxation is theft is too weak. It's much worse than that libertarian

I think a better way to put what was written is taxation, of itself, is good, because it is a way to distribute certain goods common to all men in a more equitable manner.

The issue is actually that modern states took what was originally a form of rent or collection for specific times of crisis and turned it into a standard practice.

I find it ironic that modern democracies were made to free people from the tyrannies of the old regimes and yet they started more tyrannical than they’re predecessors, including the whole taxation deal

12 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 12 Mar

I think a better way to put what was written is ~~taxation~~ theft, of itself, is good, because it is a way to distribute certain goods common to all men in a more equitable manner.

I fixed it for you.

Do you mean the results of taxes in some cases are good?

distribute certain goods common to all men in a more equitable manner

Equitable according to how? You? Some bureaucrat? Why do some people get to decided what is "equitable" while other's opinions are ignored?

form of rent or collection

These are voluntary. If I don't like the rent for a house / apartment in most cases I can go find another place. If there is a collection I give what I can or what I think I should.